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government. in a sense the security apparatus is in place to try to protect the country from whoever might do us harm. host: here is rodney from indiana, democrats line. caller: ida's want to know what kind of security clearances snowden had and if that clearance would have given him accss to -- access to be able to hack into computers and get more top secrets. guest: if you look back at his history, what we have been able to gather so far is he joined the army in 2004 and was trying out to be in the special forces. in september of 2004 he left the arms services due to injury. he started to work for both a deepnsa and cia. for both the -- nsa and cia. polygraphly he had a administered at some point. while that information has not been made public or verified, most people who work for the nsa had a high level clearance and have a polygraph that is administered. secret clearances are investigated every five years. if you look at the time line that has been put together its and looks like he would h
government. in a sense the security apparatus is in place to try to protect the country from whoever might do us harm. host: here is rodney from indiana, democrats line. caller: ida's want to know what kind of security clearances snowden had and if that clearance would have given him accss to -- access to be able to hack into computers and get more top secrets. guest: if you look back at his history, what we have been able to gather so far is he joined the army in 2004 and was trying out to be...
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guest: if we set out to topple the president aside -- president assad government -- assad government, these are things for the future. if you have an objective, i am against setting time lines. host: looking back at our 10-12 your commitment looking back at afghanistan, in hindsight, does that surprise you or is this something you could have expected? guest: i was surprised. as a military historian, i know that when you start to fight, you do not know how it is going to end. when england when to say: in 1939 from hitler, they did not -- when england went to save poland in 1939 from hitler, they russia to bet there. what we were trying to do. we have concerns now. i have always been one of those guys to said, look where our real interests are. that is what we are doing. host: luis is joining us from daytona beach, florida. good morning. louise is joining us from daytona beach, florida. feelings have mixed about this. as far as the number of dead, 90,000, whatever. they were not all killed by assad. radio, syrians that were fleeing syria said the rebels were extreme. i believe that afte
guest: if we set out to topple the president aside -- president assad government -- assad government, these are things for the future. if you have an objective, i am against setting time lines. host: looking back at our 10-12 your commitment looking back at afghanistan, in hindsight, does that surprise you or is this something you could have expected? guest: i was surprised. as a military historian, i know that when you start to fight, you do not know how it is going to end. when england when...
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government's use. so, it is not available for sale by booz allen or anybody else. host: do you want to respond to she feels like she knew more about the patriot act? congress as not in when the patriot act happened and we passed thousands of laws nd there are more than thousands of pages of regulations moved based on those every year. so, i apologize if i don't know single thing about what is important to you. it is what it is. we try as members of congress and we are expected to be the ts on everything from farm bill to immigration to national security, and it is a learning curve. that is not an excuse, but it is what it is. host: you mentioned the that actually have the data on american citizens' correspondence. we see in the "washington post" google is challenging gag orders fisa court data request because it says it wants to information blic about what they have turned over to the government and what the government has requested from them. companies be allowed to share more of that with their publi
government's use. so, it is not available for sale by booz allen or anybody else. host: do you want to respond to she feels like she knew more about the patriot act? congress as not in when the patriot act happened and we passed thousands of laws nd there are more than thousands of pages of regulations moved based on those every year. so, i apologize if i don't know single thing about what is important to you. it is what it is. we try as members of congress and we are expected to be the ts on...
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government. the banks did not get any default because the government guarantees those loans. the 6% is targeted by the banks. those loans are guaranteed. obama took it away from the banks and issue the loans himself because the government was actually backing these loans. now they want to put it back into the market, back into the hands of the banks so they can get their easy interest on loans that would never be defaulted on from the students. this would essentially double the rates for the student. is allowingng media the gop to -- obama was to put it back in the hands -- he wants to tie the los the market. there is no such thing as a free market. there is only a rate of it to market the gop always says -- there's no such thing as a free market. host: thank you for your call. we want to get to build from westminster, maryland. i wish somebody would respond to the issue that with the student loans the government, through the federal reserve and the government itself, has been extending loans and
government. the banks did not get any default because the government guarantees those loans. the 6% is targeted by the banks. those loans are guaranteed. obama took it away from the banks and issue the loans himself because the government was actually backing these loans. now they want to put it back into the market, back into the hands of the banks so they can get their easy interest on loans that would never be defaulted on from the students. this would essentially double the rates for the...
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it is just like working for the government. you know when you sign your name on that piece of paper -- if you delete something you are going to jail. something you are going to jail. the guy is a spy, whatever. he broke the law. in america we need our secrets kept secret. we probably have spies over here now. whatever he did, he better be -- he better keep running. we are going to move on to arnold on our line for independents. the trees don't need to be hidden. -- truth don't need to be hidden. what he is doing, i agree with what he is saying. as a black man i have been lied to all my life by the government. the government is deceiving the people. this is what snowden is trying to do. he is trying to shed some light on that what was done in the dark. this is not a government of secrets. a democracy means everyone knows the truth. host: sylvester on our line for democrats from new york. go ahead. caller: how are you? host: good, what you think about edward snowden been charged with espionage? caller: i have an american opinion
it is just like working for the government. you know when you sign your name on that piece of paper -- if you delete something you are going to jail. something you are going to jail. the guy is a spy, whatever. he broke the law. in america we need our secrets kept secret. we probably have spies over here now. whatever he did, he better be -- he better keep running. we are going to move on to arnold on our line for independents. the trees don't need to be hidden. -- truth don't need to be...
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we lost our government. guy, i ame the one sure glad we had that first caller: who could keep his ideas in check and be reasonable. this other guy starting to drive me crazy. c-span2er program on talking about atrocities in vietnam and japan during world war two. we are going to set our people up to destroy their bodies and minds for what? for oil. with all of the money we have wasted on these foreign in a heckwe would be of a lot better shape if we use the sun or the wind. are probably not aware of perpetual war or perpetual peace. that is the failure of our propaganda. we just want to march the people down the same path. host: thank you. kent has this point on our twit on the fox news website there is this story about trust in government. pollsters believe their government will do the right thing some of the time. it is bound to be damaging. the obama scandal's brisk national security, from fox news. there's a photograph of the former president and former secretary of state hillary .linton at the cgi only
we lost our government. guy, i ame the one sure glad we had that first caller: who could keep his ideas in check and be reasonable. this other guy starting to drive me crazy. c-span2er program on talking about atrocities in vietnam and japan during world war two. we are going to set our people up to destroy their bodies and minds for what? for oil. with all of the money we have wasted on these foreign in a heckwe would be of a lot better shape if we use the sun or the wind. are probably not...
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--the government? caller: yes. and i think there are a lot of government secrets that we do not know. 9/11, the kennedys, all of these stories. ithington keeps acting like was something else. host: that is jim in the bronx. back to the "new york times" story on silicon valley and the nsa -- host: to explore the legal and technical issues and making skype calls readily available to intelligence agencies and law enforcement officials -- host: again, this is a little bit from the "new york times" article on the nsa in silicon valley. craig is on our democrat line. caller: good morning, pete. in amerco, people thought the way to get rich was to be famous, and get the kind of notoriety, like the hollywood star or a rock star so people wanted to be known. nobody wants to live a quiet life here. possibly we are giving away so much information to people because people don't want to just live a simple, quiet life. they want to somehow be known. maybe it is our ego. when a country says we are the number one country, all that
--the government? caller: yes. and i think there are a lot of government secrets that we do not know. 9/11, the kennedys, all of these stories. ithington keeps acting like was something else. host: that is jim in the bronx. back to the "new york times" story on silicon valley and the nsa -- host: to explore the legal and technical issues and making skype calls readily available to intelligence agencies and law enforcement officials -- host: again, this is a little bit from the...
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the government take another direction. that is something that will be argued at kitchen tables all over the country. couldhe court is deciding have an immediate impact. place in onet take state would be recognized. thatmeone is marries, removes the whole issue. host: are there members of congress who are readying legislation after what we see from the supreme court today? what are members of congress doing to prepare? would i'm not sure they be getting ready for legislation. wherettle is taking place states are legalizing same-sex marriage. i doupreme court could make not think anybody has an idea of what the supreme court is going to do. there has been a shift in public opinion. back andwant to sit not get involved as much and let state legislators duke out. make aaps they want to revolutionary stock in the debate. host: craig is up next from california. caller: you failed to respond abouthe caller who asked holding employers responsible for the e-verify program. no one seems to want to take on this subject. even the pres
the government take another direction. that is something that will be argued at kitchen tables all over the country. couldhe court is deciding have an immediate impact. place in onet take state would be recognized. thatmeone is marries, removes the whole issue. host: are there members of congress who are readying legislation after what we see from the supreme court today? what are members of congress doing to prepare? would i'm not sure they be getting ready for legislation. wherettle is taking...
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if they are fighting against the syrian government? and haven't you learned from benghazi and afghanistan? why would you possibly maintain ism policy.entional we don't need that. especially if we are broke in the nation. they are closing schools in chicago. more money overseas to those known to be al qaeda. host: why don't you stay on the line and we can get the congressman's reaction question what you address some of this already but i would like to hear what you have to say after you hear him share his thoughts. guest: first, i appreciate very much your service. secondly, on the weapons of mass destruction, i think there's really nobody that dispute that assad used chemical weapons against his own people in recent days. the french, now the americans, a variety of international countries have come to the same conclusion. but none of that dispute the basic problem you raised with intervention. that is what i have been saying, i think, all morning. if you are going to do something, then you need to be very clear about how it is going to
if they are fighting against the syrian government? and haven't you learned from benghazi and afghanistan? why would you possibly maintain ism policy.entional we don't need that. especially if we are broke in the nation. they are closing schools in chicago. more money overseas to those known to be al qaeda. host: why don't you stay on the line and we can get the congressman's reaction question what you address some of this already but i would like to hear what you have to say after you hear him...